ἀλάβαστος

ἀλάβαστος
ἀλάβαστος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: `vase without handles for holding perfumes', often made from alabaster (Hdt.).
Other forms: later ἀλαβάστρος m., -τρον n.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Sethe Sb. Berl. Ak. 1933, 888f. explained the form as Egyptian, *`a-la-baste `vase of the goddess Ebáste' (= Bubastis); doubtful. Fur. 329 n. 26 uses the -ρ- as evidence for a substr. word, but it could be analogical; rather -st- could be Pre-Greek.
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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